S1648 · Access to Applied Behavior Analysis Services

Access to Applied Behavior Analysis Services; Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to consider certain factors when evaluating network adequacy for applied behavior analysis services under the Medicaid program; requiring Medicaid managed care plans to take reasonable steps to support workforce retention and recruitment; requiring managed care plans to notify providers of credentialing deficiencies in a specified manner and timeframe; prohibiting managed care plans from imposing a moratorium on applied behavior analysis services providers unless such providers can demonstrate specified criteria to the agency, etc.